Leeba

(The Dove)

R39.00

ISMN
979-0-804001-64-8;979-0-804001-65-5
Catalogue No
JPM 033
Notation
Dual notation (staff & tonic solfa), Staff notation
Scoring
choir SATB
Edition
Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa Critical Edition
Category

Mohapeloa wrote many songs about birds, becoming aware of them particularly while he was taking sunbaths in 1929-30 as a cure for tuberculosis. He told his daughter-in-law that he used to sit “listening to the birds chirping” and “started to love nature, started to appreciate what was around him. He started to appreciate the countryside. He thought, ‘this is a wonderful country, I can write a lot about it’” (Nts’iuoa Mohapeloa, Author’s Interview, 28 Sep. 2006). Dove calls are the most common natural sounds in Africa, and in Lesotho there are several species of dove and pigeon. Mohapeloa doesn’t just imitate the dove’s call in ‘Leeba’, but also uses it to represent the hiccupping of a drunkard.

Audio

Type:
Studio Recording
Performers:
Mamelodi Adult Choir. Originally recorded in 1983, digitized by the SABC in 1997, CDT608.
Location:
Unknown
Source:
African Choral Legacy - Historic Recordings of J.P. Mohapeloa Track 24
Publisher:
African Composers Edition
Date:
2014